Erlanger vs Fort Mitchell

A side-by-side comparison of Erlanger and Fort Mitchell: population, income, housing, and more.

Erlanger and Fort Mitchell are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Erlanger has the higher population (19,677 vs 8,676 in Fort Mitchell). Fort Mitchell has the higher median household income ($80,814 vs $78,420 in Erlanger). Fort Mitchell has the higher median home value ($354,700 vs $189,400 in Erlanger).

Population, income & housing

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
Population	19,677	8,676
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,420	$80,814
Median home value	$189,400	$354,700
Median gross rent	$981	$987
Housing units	8,225	3,841
Homeownership rate	68.7%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
Population	18,967 → 19,677 (+3.7%)	8,257 → 8,676 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$64,460 → $78,420 (+21.7%)	$67,745 → $80,814 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $189,400 (+39.2%)	$272,200 → $354,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $981 (+10.0%)	$789 → $987 (+25.1%)

Erlanger

Population

18,96719,677

Median household income

$64,460$78,420

Median home value

$136,100$189,400

Median gross rent

$892$981

Fort Mitchell

Population

8,2578,676

Median household income

$67,745$80,814

Median home value

$272,200$354,700

Median gross rent

$789$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.3%
75 and over	5.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	87.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
Drove alone	73.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.8%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	15.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
1-unit, detached	63.9%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	23.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Erlanger	Fort Mitchell
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1976	1970